And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
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Gill's Exposition
And if any man think that he knows anything,.... Whoever has an opinion of himself, or is conceited with his own knowledge, and fancies that he knows more than he does; which is always the case of…
Barnes' Notes
And if any think ... - The connection and the scope of this passage require us to understand this as designed to condemn that vain conceit of knowledge, or self-confidence, which would lead us to…
Adam Clarke
He knoweth nothing yet, etc. - The person who acts in this rash, unfeeling way, from the general knowledge which he has of the vanity of idolatry and the liberty which the Gospel affords from Jewish…
The apostle comes here to the case of things that had been offered to idols, concerning which some of them sought satisfaction: a case that frequently occurred in that age of Christianity, when the…
Cambridge Bible
And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know We have knowledge, certainly, but it is by no means perfect knowledge. Cf. ch. 1Co 13:12. And therefore let…
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